Privacy Policy

By accessing or using this Web Site you agree to be legally bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do NOT agree to all of these terms, you should NOT access or use this Web Site. This Privacy Policy of Use may be amended by Philips at any time. Such amended Privacy policy shall be effective upon posting. By continuing to access or use the Web Site after such posting, you will be deemed to have accepted such amendments. You are advised to regularly review any applicable terms and conditions.

Privacy Policy

Philips believes strongly in protecting the privacy of the personally identifiable information you share with us. We also believe it is important to inform you about how we will use your personal data, and to give you choices about how those data will be used. Therefore, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Scope of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information of consumers collected or used by Philips International BV ("Philips") or its subsidiaries or affiliates for use in connection with this Web Site. Other Philips websites are governed by different privacy policies, and you should carefully review such privacy policies before sharing your personal data on those sites.

Why should you share your personal data with Philips?

Sharing your personally identifiable information enables us to offer you certain benefits. These benefits may include:

• Participation in the discussion forum on this Web Site;
• Receiving e-mails regarding updates to specific discussion threads on topics which interest you;
• Receiving newsletters from Philips regarding the LiveSimplicity movement
• Save time by storing your preference

It will also allow us to conduct market research to help us develop better products and to improve our websites. You may choose to share your information with us by completing a registration form to become a contributor to the Live Simplicity discussion forum.

Sharing information

You should know that your personally identifiable information may be transferred from your home country to other Philips companies around the world. If you do not want us to send you personalized offers or information, you should not check the corresponding box regarding such offers or information where indicated on the registration page on this Web Site. Philips will only share your data with third parties outside Philips in the following circumstances:

• Other companies may join Philips as a sponsor of the Web Site. In such cases, your personal data may be shared with these companies. Note that these companies often have their own privacy policies that apply to the way they use your personal data. These privacy policies sometimes differ from the Philips Privacy Policy.
• Philips sometimes uses outside companies for handling your request or for processing your data. Philips requires these companies to adequately safeguard your personal data and not use your data for any other purpose not authorized by Philips.
• Philips sometimes sells a business to another company. Such transfer of ownership could include the transfer of your personal data directly related to that business to the buyer.
• Philips will release personally identifiable information if compelled by law.

Philips will not sell or provide your personal data to other third parties allowing them to use your personal data for their own purpose unless you have authorized us to do so. From time to time, this Web Site may provide links to other websites. You should carefully review the privacy policies on those sites; they may differ from the Philips Privacy Policy.

"Cookies" and website logging

This Web Site may send a "cookie," a small text file, to your computer. This allows us to recognize your computer the next time you visit, without bothering you with another request to register. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please refer to the "Help" file of your Internet Browser to learn how to either block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. To learn more about cookies we encourage you to visit www.cookiecentral.com If you visit our Web Sites to browse, read, or download information, we collect and store some "visitor information" from you, such as the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, the date and time you access our Web Site, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our Web Site. We use this information to measure the traffic on our Web Sites and to help us make our Web Sites more useful. We delete this information after some time.

Safeguarding the information you share with us

We recognize our responsibility to protect the information you entrust to us. Philips uses a variety of secure techniques to protect your information, including secure servers, and firewalls. This Web Site allows you the opportunity to participate in a discussion forum about a variety of topics. Please remember that any personally identifiable information you provide in this discussion forum is also available to other users, and you should exercise caution before deciding to disclose it.

Your rights

Once you have provided us with your personally identifiable information, you will have reasonable access to that information so you can change or delete it. You may do this by accessing your online profile, or by requesting a copy of your profile at the contact address listed below. Because Philips sells thousands of products in hundreds of countries, you may have previously provided us with personally identifiable information through reply cards, our call centers, or in some other manner. Your decision not to register now will not affect the information you have already provided to Philips. Of course, you will always have the option to unsubscribe to any online contact from Philips or change your personal profile information.

Special information for parents

While Philips Web Sites are generally not targeted at children under the age of thirteen, it is Philips policy to comply with the law when it requires that a parent's or guardian's permission is secured before knowingly collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under the age of thirteen. We strongly recommend that parents take an active role in supervising the online activity of their children.

Contacting us

You may contact us through the contact form if you would like to:

• ask us any question regarding our privacy policy;
• request a copy of your personal data, or change or delete your personal data;
• opt-out from receiving any future personalized offers or other information from Philips.

Our Address

You can find our address by pressing the 'Contact LiveSimplicity' at the bottom of this Web Site. If you have a problem with our use of your personally identifiable information, please let us know and we will make all reasonable efforts to address it.